This seemed like the closest thing we have to an announcement section. The contract for the book, tentatively titled "The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn: Exploring the Difference Between Violence and the Martial Arts" was signed and mailed off today.

If all goes well, it will be in bookstores next spring (though the title may be different.

A lot of the thinking out loud that made it possible happened here on the Uechi boards, and I will always be grateful.

The Chapter list:

The Rhinoceros and the UnicornTABLE of CONTENTSIntroduction: Metaphors The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn
The Priests of Mars
The Super Stars
The Truth: About Me and About Violence
The Format of this Book

Section 2: How to Think
2.1 Assumptions and Epistemology
2.2 The Power of Assumption
2.3 Common Sources of Knowledge About Violence
2.4 Strategy Training
Sidebar: A quick and dirty guide to not being successfully sued
2.5 Goals in Training
2.6 Thinking in the Moment

Section 3: Violence
3.1 Types of Violence
Sidebar: How Multiple Officers Decrease the Risk of Injury
3.2 The Four Basic Truths of Violent Assault
3.3 The Chemical Cocktail
Sidebar: Shock and Stupidity
3.4 Adapting to the Cocktail
3.5 The Context of Violence
3.6 Violence Happens in Places
3.7 Violence Happens in Time
Sidebar: Hostage Situations
3.8 Violence Happens Between People